(ANSA) – BEIJING, APRIL 27 – The Taiwan Strait returns to reignite tensions between China and the United States due to the transit in its waters on Tuesday by the destroyer Uss Sampson: for the United States it is a routine operation, for Beijing is a provocation.
The initiative demonstrates “the commitment to an open and free Indo-Pacific and the United States will continue to fly, sail and operate wherever international law permits,” the US Seventh Fleet based in Yokosuka, in a statement. Japan, relying on a well-established formula.
The passage into the waters of the Strait has instead strongly irritated Beijing, which claims sovereignty over Taiwan, destined for “reunification with the motherland” even with the use of force, if necessary. In fact, China has expressed its “firm opposition” to the transit of the American military unit, warning that it has a “maximum alert” posture.
The United States, said Shi Yi, the spokesman for the Eastern Command of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA), “often takes such provocative actions, sending wrong signals to Taiwan’s independence forces and deliberately undermining peace and stability in the country. Narrow”. (HANDLE).
Source: Ansa
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